PhD Thesis
Title: Everyday Shop Life in Makassar
Expected Completion Date: 2025-2026
PhD Supervisor: Patricia Spyer and Graziella Moraes Dias da Silva (Second Reader)
Profile
Roy Thaniago is a doctoral candidate in the Anthropology and Sociology Department at Geneva Graduate Institute. He is interested in how ethnicity plays a role in everyday urban life, and conversely, how the urban environment affects ethnicity’s role in forming social identities, boundaries, and networks. He graduated from Pelita Harapan University in Indonesia with a bachelor’s degree in music and from Lund University in Sweden with a master’s degree in media and communication studies. Roy founded and served as executive director of Remotivi, a Jakarta-based media research and monitoring institute.
Selected publications
Working papers
- Thaniago, R. & Leonard, C., 2021. "Who will bear the sin?": How Service Providers Perceive Abortion for Rape Victims. IPAS.
- Thaniago, R., 2020. Inclusive Media Index: Report Card On Indonesia's Online Media in Reporting the Marginalized Groups. Remotivi.
- Thaniago, R., 2019. Peran Media dalam Politik Omong Kosong: Studi Atas Headline Lima Surat Kabar. Remotivi.
- Thaniago, R., 2017. Disciplining Tionghoa: Critical Discourse Analysis of News Media During Indonesia's New Order. Master thesis at Lund University.
Public writings
- Thaniago, R., 2021. "Merayakan Imlek dengan Rasis(me)". Kumparan.
- Thaniago, R., 2021. "Hari Lahir Pancasila: Bagaimana Kalender Menciptakan Sebuah Bangsa". Asumsi.
- Thaniago, R., 2020. "Selamatkan Jurnalisme Bukan dengan Sekoci". Kompas.
- Thaniago, R., 2018. "Mengapa Kita Selalu Salah Memahami Papua?". Remotivi.
- Thaniago, R., 2017. "Kasus Dandhy dan Makna Ujaran Kebencian yang Cemar". Remotivi.
- Thaniago, R., 2016. "Media Sosial dan Kemenangan Kelas Menengah". Indoprogress.
- Thaniago, R., 2015. "Jokowi, Orang Rimba, dan Kekerasan Kultural". Geotimes.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Ethnicity
- Anthropology of Exchange
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
Lecturer in media and communication studies at Universitas Indonesia and Universitas Multimedia Nusantara
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education